About Achholi Village

Achholi is a mid sized village in Nagri tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 500, made up of 257 males and 243 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Achholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Achholi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Nagri
Pincode	493778
Area (hectares)	213.94 hectares
Population	500
Male Population	257
Female Population	243
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	946
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Achholi compares

By the 2011 count Achholi is the 105th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 687 residents. Its 213.94 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

Getting to Achholi

Achholi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Achholi as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Achholi from other places

Achholi lies about 49 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Sankra, about 49 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Achholi
Tehsil headquarters	Nagri	9.5 km
Nearest town	Kānker	44 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	49 km
Nearest railway station	Sankra	49 km

Villages closest to Achholi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nagri tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Achholi

As per the Census of India 2011, Achholi village had a population of 500. That makes it the 105th largest of the 228 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 687 residents.

Achholi village has 257 males and 243 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Achholi has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Achholi is 493778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Achholi covers 213.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Achholi falls under Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Achholi is Sankra, about 49 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Achholi.

Achholi is about 49 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Achholi is in Nagri tehsil of Dhamtari district. Nagri is about 9.5 km away. Kānker is about 44 km away. Dhamtari is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.